Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
Encyclopedia
The Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis is a scientific journal
that is devoted to research in mechanics
as a deductive, mathematical science. The current editors in chief of the journal are John M. Ball
and Richard D. James
. It was founded in 1956 by Clifford Truesdell
when he moved from Indiana University
to Johns Hopkins
and lost control of a similar journal he had founded a few years previously, the Journal of Rational Mechanics and Analysis (now the Indiana University Mathematics Journal
).
Gianfranco Capriz writes that Truesdell's ideals of mathematical and typesetting rigor gave the new journal a high reputation:
James Serrin
, a later editor of the Archive, adds that it became the center of a revival of mechanics as an academic discipline, and that by the time of Truesdell's retirement as editor in 1989 subscribing to it was "necessary for every fine scientific library".
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
that is devoted to research in mechanics
Mechanics
Mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the behavior of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effects of the bodies on their environment....
as a deductive, mathematical science. The current editors in chief of the journal are John M. Ball
John M. Ball
Sir John Macleod Ball, FRSE FRS is Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He was the President of the International Mathematical Union from 2003-06 and a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford...
and Richard D. James
Richard D. James (scientist)
Richard D. James is a renowned mechanician and materials scientist. He is currently the Russell J. Penrose Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota. He was educated at Brown University and at...
. It was founded in 1956 by Clifford Truesdell
Clifford Truesdell
Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III was an American mathematician, natural philosopher, historian of science, and polemicist.-Life:...
when he moved from Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
to Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
and lost control of a similar journal he had founded a few years previously, the Journal of Rational Mechanics and Analysis (now the Indiana University Mathematics Journal
Indiana University Mathematics Journal
The Indiana University Mathematics Journal is a journal of mathematics published by Indiana University. Its first volume was published in 1952, under the name Journal of Rational Mechanics and Analysis and edited by V. Hlavaty and Clifford Truesdell...
).
Gianfranco Capriz writes that Truesdell's ideals of mathematical and typesetting rigor gave the new journal a high reputation:
James Serrin
James Serrin
James Serrin is a mathematician known for his contributions to continuum mechanics, nonlinear analysis, and partial differential equations.Serrin was born in Chicago on November 1, 1926. He received his doctorate from Indiana University in 1951...
, a later editor of the Archive, adds that it became the center of a revival of mechanics as an academic discipline, and that by the time of Truesdell's retirement as editor in 1989 subscribing to it was "necessary for every fine scientific library".